Example sentences of "[vb -s] not a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government 's latest position on the Maastricht Bill debacle , presented with patrician brazenness by Douglas Hurd yesterday as the law officers ' latest position , is that it matters not a whit whether MPs approve Labour 's amendment on the social chapter . |
| 2 | With your thumb across string 6 you can strum away to your heart 's content with this shape — if you happen to get other strings sounding out , it matters not a lot . |
| 3 | Small use threatening a man with harm to someone who matters not a rap to him . |
| 4 | This international co-operation between clearinghouses does not preclude international co-operation on an individual library basis , nor does it mean that the Australian , UK and USA clearinghouses will not provide a service to individual libraries in another country which has or has not a clearinghouse of its own . |
| 5 | It is a wild and mischievous allegation , for which the hon. Lady has not a shadow of evidence . |
| 6 | Having inundated us with Mozart last season , it has not a note of Rossini this summer . |
| 7 | It is not easy to see the future for the art of jewellery ; it may even be considered that as an art it has not a future . |
| 8 | But equally clearly , these ‘ other expressions ’ must be chosen with care : in considering to pull someone 's leg , for instance , there is little point in referring to pull in to pull a fast one , or leg in He has n't a leg to stand on . |
| 9 | CPRW 's Director , who moved the declaration , said : ‘ When it comes to complaining about ‘ EC centralism ’ the UK Government has n't a leg to stand on . |
| 10 | Thom has n't a kind word for either of them . |
| 11 | He has n't a chance of getting his wish and leaving Manchester United ! |
| 12 | ‘ So why has n't a man caught you ? ’ |
| 13 | There 's a stigma attached to the stay-at-home mum , as if she has n't a brain between the ears ! |
| 14 | This woman has n't a bean , so she 's going to pose for my wife and her girlfriends once a month or so , and she 'll get the classes thrown in free . |
| 15 | ‘ Has n't a bean ? ’ |
| 16 | Simon has n't a bean , she told her mother , besides I am much too young . |
| 17 | One has n't a hope , really . |
| 18 | But I wo n't — because I do n't believe he killed the family nanny and he has n't a hope of proving his innocence . |
| 19 | Your friend Devlin has n't a hope of getting you out , of course , but we 'd love him to try . ’ |
| 20 | and they absconded it , and the dog has n't a hope in hell and also the ones you get for the kids , when you sit in them they sit up like little chairs do n't they ? |
| 21 | She has n't a clue and asks me out for a drink . |
| 22 | ‘ My tutor has n't a clue : he has n't taught since before the war I do n't expect . ’ |
| 23 | And that is why we are so confident IBM — at least at the high levels where policy is made — has n't a clue about the nature of the large systems customers on which it depends for a considerable portion of its revenue and , we believe , more than half its gross profit . |
| 24 | If you are confident that he has been so immersed in his chattering that he has n't a clue what has just been said , turn to him and say : " A very interesting point has just been raised ; what is your opinion , Mr C. ? " |
| 25 | And of course he has n't a clue . |
| 26 | But he has n't a clue ! " |
| 27 | He smiles a lot , talks to himself and uses a tennis court like an officer patrolling it , owning it and thumping around it as if he has n't a care in the world . |
| 28 | Apart from that , he has n't a driving licence , and he was at school on Wednesday afternoon . ’ |
| 29 | She 's has n't a soul in the world barring her sister who came down and identified the bodies . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ No , ’ Grace added , ‘ She has n't a horse . ’ |